We can't even believe it's already been a year. Savannah is our first child (her brother will be here in July), and we've just learned SO much over the last 12 months. She is our whole world, so we needed a party that really celebrated her. I decided on a Twinkle Twinkle Little Star theme and wanted to make as much of it as I could. I made her a smash cake, cupcakes, sparkly star cake toppers, cookie "wands" for her friends, and a tutu for her high chair.
I love all of the chalkboard signs for first birthdays. They are so cute, personal and creative. I wanted to make one for Savannah but had a few issues...
1. I've never practiced chalk board writing, so it would have looked like she wrote it herself.
2. We had just moved into our new house (less than 2 weeks before the party), so I was a little short on time.
3. I wanted to keep it after the party to remember it all, so I didn't know how I would manage that.
I found a great shop on Etsy (Sweet Cheekers Designs) that creates these for you, they send you the file, and you print it anywhere you want. I had this made for Savannah and just printed it at Walmart. It came out great!
Here's Savannah with her smash cake in her tutu chair!
This is the smash cake I made for Savannah. I just put some swirls over the crumb coat and used the toppers that I made for her cupcakes. The toppers are just gold sparkly scrapbook paper that I cut with a cricut star thing from Michaels. I put two stars back to back and stuck them with double sided tape to a toothpick. They were perfect!
